Hear this and it's only a rumour(3 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Hear this and it's only a rumour”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 29th January 2026.
The answer is
S
A
Y
Other clues that solve to SAY
The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.
- #4 down Think aloud? (3) 21st September 2026
- #4 down Speak (3) 16th September 2026
- #21 down Aunt robbed of lb50, let's suppose (3) 13th June 2026
- #4 down Speak (3) 20th April 2026
- #27 across Utter (3) 25th February 2026
- #28 down Sadly robbed of five hundred pounds, about (3) 24th February 2026
- #16 down Hear this and it's only a rumour (3) 29th January 2026
- #20 down Suppose Sammy lost his medal! (3) 28th December 2025
- #29 across Speak (3) 3rd November 2025
- #30 across Speak (3) 24th September 2025
- #20 down Outskirts of Salisbury, for instance (3) 13th August 2025
- #31 across Speak (3) 28th July 2025
- #24 across Speak (3) 16th July 2025
- #4 down Outwardly saucy remark? (3) 5th July 2025
- #31 across Speak (3) 4th June 2025
- #37 down Speak (3) 1st June 2025
- #4 down Speak (3) 14th May 2025
- #15 across Speak (3) 9th January 2025
- #18 across Recite, let's suppose (3) 25th July 2024
- #26 across Speak (3) 10th June 2024
- #4 down Express, let's suppose (3) 30th May 2024
- #25 down Think aloud? (3) 17th April 2024
- #27 across Utter (3) 15th April 2024
- #24 across Utter (3) 21st March 2024
- #24 down Utter (3) 28th February 2024
- #24 across Speak (3) 27th November 2023
- #16 down Utter (3) 1st November 2023
- #24 across Utter guess! (3) 17th October 2023
- #4 down Speak (3) 26th September 2023
- #29 across Speak (3) 4th September 2023
- #21 down Speak one's piece, let's suppose? (3) 17th July 2023
- #4 down Sadly robbed of five hundred pounds, let's suppose (3) 29th June 2023
- #16 down Speak (3) 24th May 2023
- #4 down Speak (3) 17th April 2023
- #37 down Utter (3) 5th April 2023
- #12 down Speak (3) 15th February 2023
- #25 down Suppose you declare (3) 30th January 2023
- #16 down Utter (3) 23rd November 2022
- #30 across Utter (3) 26th October 2022
- #24 across Speak (3) 26th September 2022
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 29th January 2026. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Biblical dog country? (5)
- #2 down Rabid for something like scrambled eggs? (5)
- #3 down It's said to be high in the Hebrides (4)
- #4 across Lying with a bend in the backbone (6)
- #4 down Yearns to match the size (5)
- #5 down The appeal of the quiet part of the country (4)
- #6 down Figure there's a strangely tinny effect about a note (6)
- #7 across A traditionally incisive departure out East (4-4)
- #8 across New angles, one gathers (6)
- #9 down Diminish what's left at Big Bertha's place (6)
- #10 across Hardly a good present! (5)